Budget Cuts Sought for Treasury and Post Office
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 36.5 million cut to the Treasury and Post Office budgets for the next fiscal year, about 1.3 percent below President Truman's request. Total two‑department appropriations would fall by 88.0 million, with funding for currency printing and narcotics enforcement kept or increased.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Truman
House
Post Office Department
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Bureau of Customs
Bureau of Narcotics
Secret Service
White House
Debate on Draft Bill Moves Post Vacation
After a four day closed door wrangle the House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to cut the draft age minimum and create a universal military training program. The panel added a race segregation opt in writing for inductees, conflicting with President Truman’s desegregation push. The measure heads to rules for floor debate starting April 3 with possible Republican challenges on overseas troop deployment and force limits.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Truman
Senate
Senate Aerigas
Europe
Acheson Seeks Early Japanese Peace Treaty Talks
Secretary of State Acheson said he hopes Russia will renew talks on a Japanese peace treaty and help conclude one before year’s end. He said the tentative text drafted by Ambassador Dulles should not be objectionable to the Soviet Union or any government. Dulles offered to discuss with Soviet Representative Malik, but was rebuffed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Acheson
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Japan
Jacob Malik
Pay Increase Cancels Textile Strike Threat in New Bedford
In a last minute pact, 200000 CID cotton and rayon workers halted a planned strike in New Bedford and Fall River after accepting a 7 percent wage rise. The union had pressed for 12 percent but the deal forestalled the midnight deadline.
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Associated Press
Boston
Textile Workers
New Bedford
Fall River
Weather forecast for West Virginia March period
Partly cloudy tonight with mid 20s lows. Saturday mostly cloudy and milder with rain likely in afternoon or night. Extended West Virginia forecast March 13-21 shows rain late Saturday or Sunday and again about Tuesday, total 0.5 to 0.75 inch. Temperatures near normal to 4 degrees above, 45 in the north, 43 in the south. Saturday milder, Sunday colder. warming Tuesday, cooler Wednesday. Oak Hill high yesterday. low last night. precipitation 0.08 inch. new snow 2 inches. total snow depth 6 inches. Glade Creek observations show similar readings. rivers at Bellepoint Greenbrier and New about one foot above normal and clear. Bluestone Reservoir above normal and clear.
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W. Va
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Jailbreaker Killed In Wildwest Gunfight At Dawn
Lt Johns Arizona reports Dewey Battershaw a 21 year old Omaha jailbreaker killed eight miles west of jailbreakers clash with Northern Arizona sheriffs deputies. Companions Clifford Battershaw 17 and Victor Sweet 24 captured in the eight mile battle. Short Weight Beans Coffee Condemned Charleston Labor Commission confiscates 3200 five pound bags of beans and several hundred one pound cans of coffee in weight control drive.
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Associated Press
Johns
Arizona
Dewey Battershaw
Omaha
Neb
Battershaw
Sheriff's Deputies
Here
Clifford Battershaw
Victor Sweet
Charleston
Liquor Stores To Close Three Hours On Good Friday
State Liquor Control Commission announces stores will close from noon to 3 p m on Good Friday. Charles H Green chairman issued the directive today affecting all outlets.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Hiquor
Charles H. Green
State Liquor Control Commission
Costello Ordered To Talk Or Face Contempt Charge
Frank Costello defied the Senate Crime Committee then walked out as Kefauver ordered him to return this afternoon or face arrest. Costello spoke hoarsely and complained of intolerable courtroom conditions, while witnesses fought over alleged wiretap checks and conflicting testimony.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Costello
Crime Committee
Underworld
U. S
Ed Costello
George Wolf
Auchelon Halley
Costella
Stabilization Fight Shows Cheer and Alarm in Economy Push
AP reports mixed mood in the drive to steady prices and wages. Price Director Di Salle foresees price stabilization by mid May to mid June as food orders roll back few prices. Wages chief Johnston resists new wage changes and keeps limits on gains. talks with meat unions proceed. Commerce Secretary Sawyer demands tighter credit rules to curb inflation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cgove
Tle
America
Michael V. di Salle
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Iinent
Pipeline expansion sought by Hope Natural Gas
The Power Commission was asked by Hope Natural Gas Company to approve an $831,200 plan to build a 32 mile pipeline linking its Fairmont area transmission system to the Terra Alta gas field in Preston County West Virginia.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Hope Natural Gas Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Hope
Fairmont
Terra Alta
Preston County
Six Area Men On Casualty List
The Department of Defense released a casualty list naming six area servicemen. Missing in action are Pvt. Robert Burnette, Cpl. William Harper, and Pvt. Emory Hylton. Wounded include Sgt. Robert Eldridge and Marines Winston Shumaker and Frank Weaver.
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Department of Defense
Robert “M. Burnette
Virginia V. Moss
Colcord
William L. Harper
Paul B. Harper
White Sulphur Springs
Emory E. Hylton
Mary ¥. Hylton
Julia Clay
Burgess Street
Beckley
Leatherneck
President's Honor Guard
Washington, D. C
Frank J. Weaver
Covey Weaver
Blooming Rose
Vandenberg Remains In Critical Condition
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Senator Arthur H Vandenberg 66 remains in critical condition at home with his health described as substantially the same by Dr A B Smith his physician He had undergone multiple operations for tumors in the past two years and suffered a severe relapse Feb 26 after returning from a local hospital stay
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Vandenberg
Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur H. Vani
Heke
A. B. Smith
AWOL Soldier Returns After 10 Years With Excuse
The AWOL soldier reports back after a decade in West Virginia Penitentiary. He appeared at West Virginia Military District headquarters in old blue denim fatigue clothes, but officials did not release his name.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West
Virginia
Virginia Military District
Dr. J. W. Pyles Dies in Wheeling
Dr. John Wylie Pyles 48 a New Martinsville Weitzel County eye ear nose and throat surgeon died in a hospital here from a heart and lung ailment He had served in the House of Delegates in 1937 38 with recognition as a prominent physician in the region
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J. W.pyles
Associated Press
Wheeling
John Wylie Pyles
New Martinsville
Weitzel County
Pyles
House of Delegates
Lim
Truman Defends Pals and Policies at Florida Stop
President Truman defended his administration and officials amid Senate subcommittee inquiries into REC loans. He warned history will judge his era by avoiding a third world war and challenged critics as he spoke at a news conference near Key West. Senator Taft labeled the administration morally bankrupt and said it lost public confidence during the same period.
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Associated Press
Key West
Truman
Florida
Senate
REC
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Key “West
Fla
Royal collision in London involving King bicycle and King bus
A bicycle ridden by Louis King collided with a bus driven by James Victor King in London. A traffic police constable named Albert King observed the crash.
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Associated Press
London
Louis King
James Victor King
Albert King
Shrine project aims to honor Saint Patrick in Missouri town
Father Francis ODuignan leads a community in St Patrick Missouri toward building the first U S shrine to Saint Patrick. Local postmaster aids the effort while St Patrick’s Day events draw crowds, and donations approaching 250000 dollars could fund the memorial.
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Associated Press
St. Patrick
Saint Patrick
Eire
Missouri
Fof
United States
R. C.logsdon
Father Francis O'Duignan
Jhim
Croagh Patrick
Long Derg
Rome
Father O'Duignan
Beckley Postmaster Job Examinations Planned Soon
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an examination for Beckley Post Office postmaster to replace John Hollandsworth. Applications due by April 10 in Washington. no written test, judged on education experience and fitness. Acting postmaster Idon E Barrer may not seek the permanent post. He has led the office since March 1 after Hollandsworth retired.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Beckley Post Office
John T. Hollandsworth
Washington
United States
Idon E. Barrer
Flollandsworth
Rarrer
Borrer
Mother Kills 2 Children and Self in Greenwich Garage
Greenwich police said Mrs Winifred Rockefeller Emeny, wife of Brooks Emeny, locked herself and two daughters, Winifred 12 and Josephine 6, in the garage and died from carbon monoxide poisoning after starting a car. Police call it murder suicide. Dr Knapp cites CO poisoning as cause. Captain Robbins notes a prior nervous disorder treatment last summer.
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Associated Press
Greenwich
Conn
Winifred Rockefeller Emeny
John D. Rockefeller
Brooks Emeny
Foreign Policy Association
Winifred
Josephine
David W. Robbins
C. Stanley Knapp
Robbins
Emeny
Mine Pickets Advised To Be Silent in Court
Fifty eight pickets refused to enter pleas to indictments charging violence in Preston Countys non union coal field disturbances. United Mine Workers Attorney Thomas W. Lewis advised silence and said he would challenge the indictments. Circuit Judge C P Wilhelm set a March 28 date to hear the first pleadings with most felony counts involving storing buses and cars carrying nonunion miners to work.
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Associated Press
Preston
United Mine Workers
Thomas W. Lewis
Kingwood
C. P. Wilhelm
Yeager: Pressure suits save fliers at high altitudes
Maj. Charles Yeager says Air Force pressure suits save lives above 60,000 feet. He warned loss of pressure causes fainting in nine seconds and death in 15 unless auxiliary equipment or rapid descent to 33,000 feet is used.
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Yeager
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Maj
Charles Yeager
Hamlet
W. Va
Air Force
Los Angeles Institute of Aerona 1 Sciences
Reds halt retreat as Korea front heats with heavy artillery
Eastern front reports an eight day withdrawal ended as Communist troops unleashed their heaviest barrage yet. U S and Allied units push the new defense line near Parallel 38, from Hongehon to Chunchon, with multiple divisions advancing and casualties mounting. Missouri battleship again leads ships against the North Korean coast.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Chunchon
Ning
Hongehon
South Korea
Nongehon
Seoul
Korean Peninsula
U.S
24Th
25Th
First Cavalry
U.S. First Marine Division
U.S. Second Division
Missouri
Far East
Patteson Signs 33 Bills Into Law In West Virginia
Governor Patteson signed 33 bills into law in one day, including a voter participation provision requiring at least one vote during two elections or risk cancellation of registration. Other measures raise miners board salaries, set banking and road fees, and empower educational and insurance record audits across counties.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Patteson
West Virginia
Plaintiffs Win Court Decisions in Raleigh County Cases
Henry Kiser must repay 438.31 to William Thompson in a Raleigh County Circuit Court ruling signed by Judge Ben H. Ashworth. Charles R. Blevins failed to appear, while Princess Dorothy Coal Co was awarded 3406.89 in its suit. Mabel Louise Akers was granted divorce from Milton Douglas Akers with custody of three children. Quality Lumber and Supply Co case against Burgess family and J. E. Short referred to Commissioner Robert J. Ashworth for proof of amounts due before February term adjournment.
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Henry Kiser
William Thompson
Raleigh County
Ben H. Ashworth
Charles R. Blevins
Princess Dorothy Coal Company
Mabel Louise Akers
Milton Douglas Akers
Virginia Ann
Patricia
Kay
Milton Douglas
Quality Lumber and _ Supply Company
Fred Burgess
Gladys Burgess
Carol Sue
Burgess
Ofsephine Richmond
J. E. Short
Robert J. Ashworth
Buying Sparks Broad Rise in Stock Prices
Eager buyers crowded the Stock Market pushing prices higher across major divisions. Gains topped $2 a share with frequent $1 advances as demand remained strong in steels, rail, motors, aircrafts, and radio television issues. Government bonds firmed in over the counter dealings while corporate bonds held steady.
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Associated Press
New York
Korea
Rai
Father Seeks Replacing Wounded Son in Korean War
In Baltimore a father holds a letter to President Truman asking to take his 21 year old son's place on the Korean front after his son was wounded in the leg. The son writes from Pusan about his recovery and fears, while the father reads excerpts that show the boy’s grit and longing to return.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
President Truman
Langdon PF. McAnineh
Alt
Telephone lines repaired after heavy snow hit Summersville area
Most lines are back with minor local trouble and emergency service for Summersville and Richwood. E T Stromp of Chesapeake and Potomac says calls are accepted for the two Nicholas County cities. Crews cleared circuits between Lewisburg Alderson Union Rainelle Bluefield and Hinton. Two wrecking firms report calls subsiding after trucks overturned on Beckley Flat Top road. An icy five vehicle crash near Johnstown Road Lincoln Street caused about 250 dollars in damages.
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Summersville
Richwood
E. T. Stromp
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Nicholas County
Lewisburg
Alderson
Union
Rainelle
Bluefield
Hinton
Nown
Beckley
Beckley Flat Top
Lincoln Logs
Crawford Transport Company
Johnstown Road
Lincoln Street
Howard Morrison
Edward Fink
Hiss to Begin Prison Term Next Thursday
A court filing expected today will permit Alger Hiss to start his five year perjury sentence next Thursday. The Supreme Court had refused to review his case, and U S Attorney Irving Saypol said Hiss could seek sentence modification within 60 days, not delaying imprisonment.
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Associated Press
New York
U.S. District Court
Alger Hiss
U. S. Supreme Court
State Department
Wing
Whittaker Chambers
U.S
Irving H. Saypoli
Hiss
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